Total Crime Rate
296.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Patten Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in City Centre , and the 41st highest crime rate of 447 local areas in Preston .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Patten Street (PR1 2HA) in the last 12 months was 296.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the City Centre average (392.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (β 132.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Patten Street (PR1 2HA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 379 crimes here, including 127 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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